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Norman Raab Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
89
Grants FY2025
81
Organizations funded FY2024
14%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
78 to 93
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$34M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Norman Raab Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsInternationalArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving81$1.1M19%
FY202481$1.2M14%
FY202378$1.0M18%
FY202289$1.2M25%
FY202188$1.0M20%
FY202093$1.0Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$962kHealth$938kHuman Services$747kHousing & Shelter$509kCrime & Legal$438kAnimals$398kCivil Rights$359kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
HI
MS
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 148 grantees
All grantees of Norman Raab Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$300,00060%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$275,00060%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$275,00060%
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia$250,00060%
Camping Unlimited for the Developmentally Disabled$234,98064%
Icivics Inc$195,00060%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$190,07060%
Team Read$170,00064%
Extrafood$165,00062%
826 Valencia$165,00061%
San Francisco Food Bank$155,00060%
Johns Hopkins University$150,00030%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$150,00031%
Network of Victim Assistance$147,50061%
The Marine Mammal Center$140,00060%
The Cedars of Marin$135,00050%
Marin Humane Society$135,00060%
The Gathering Place a Refuge for Rebuilding Lives$127,50061%
Vivalon$120,00050%
Seattle Arts and Lectures$115,00051%
Mighty Writers$110,00060%
Seattle Public Library Foundation$105,00050%
Aim High for High School$105,00040%
Zeno$100,00042%
Chrysalis$95,5005n/a
Refugee Womens Alliance$95,00050%
Ann Silverman Community Health Clinic$81,00063%
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation$80,00040%
Central Bucks Ambulance & Rescue Unit$70,50060%
Direct Relief$64,50030%
Woodland Park Zoological Society$60,00030%
Wellspring Family Services$60,00030%
Downtown Women's Center$55,00040%
Kqed Inc$50,00020%
Homeboy Industries$47,50030%
Humanities Washington$40,00021%
Literacy Source a Community Learning Center$40,00022%
Reading Allowed$40,00021%
West Philadelphia Alliance for Children$37,50067%
World Central Kitchen Inc$35,00020%
United Way of Bucks County$25,00010%
United States Fund for Unicef$25,00010%
Voteorg$25,00010%
University Child Development School$24,50060%
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$23,50060%
Greyhounds Friends for Life$22,50064%
Safehouse Denver Inc$22,00021%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$21,50060%
Earthcorps$20,00011%
Ventures$20,00020%
Food Bank of the Rockies$19,00060%
Greenlight Clinic$17,50052%
McPhs University$13,50060%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$13,50060%
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc$13,00060%
By the Bay Health$12,65030%
Make It Home - Bay Area$12,37031%
The Free Library of New Hope & Solebury$11,50023%
Westside Baby$11,50060%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$11,40050%
Nami Bucks County Pa$11,25051%
The Seattle Aquarium Society$10,00060%
Bucks County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10,00040%
Whyy Inc$9,50060%
Spread the Vote Inc$9,50060%
Lenape Valley Foundation$8,25040%
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$8,00030%
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka PAWS$7,70060%
The California Liver Institute a Nonprofit Corporation$7,50012%
Bryn Mawr Theatre Film Institute$7,50060%
Hope House of Colorado$6,00040%
Arboretum Foundation$6,00060%
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalit$6,00040%
A New Way of Life Reentry Project$6,00020%
Solebury Township Historical Society$5,70061%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$5,53020%
County Theater Inc$5,00050%
Bridge the Gap College Prep$5,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,00010%
Fishermans Mark$5,00010%
Pbs Foundation$5,00010%
End of Life Washington$4,50040%
Puget Sound Restoration Fund$4,50020%
La Family Housing Corporation$4,50020%
A Woman's Place$4,50020%
Urban Artworks$4,50030%
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation$4,00041%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bucks County Inc$3,90020%
Save The Children Federation Inc$3,60020%
The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania Inc$3,50020%
Family Service Association of Bucks County$3,50020%
Abortion Care Network$3,50010%
FixNation Inc$3,00020%
Cascade Public Media$2,86020%
Stray Paws Animal Haven$2,75020%
Immigrant Defenders Law Center$2,50010%
Sound Action$2,50012%
Central American Resource Center - CARECEN - of California$2,50010%
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles$2,50010%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$2,50010%
Safe Crossings Foundation$2,50010%
Washington Trails Association$2,50010%
River Crossing Young Men's Christian Association$2,10010%
Earthjustice$2,00020%
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition$2,00010%
Ceasefire Pennsylvania Education Fund$2,00020%
Good Friends Inc$2,00010%
Fiaria Project Inc$2,00012%
Wills Eye Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Bucks for Kids$2,00021%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,50020%
University of Washington Foundation$1,50010%
Comprehensive Learning Center Inc$1,50010%
Penn Jersey Educational Radio Corp$1,50030%
Voteriders$1,03010%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$1,00010%
North Cascades Institute$1,00010%
Community Animal Medicine Project Inc$1,0001n/a
Midway Volunteer Fire Co$1,00010%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$1,00010%
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation$1,00010%
Access Institute for Psychological Services$1,00010%
Humankindnow$1,00010%
Colorado Pet Pantry$1,00020%
SF New Deal$1,00010%
Peacekeeper Society$1,00010%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$1,00010%
Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue Inc$1,00010%
Bucks County Audubon Society$1,00010%
Xerces Society Inc$1,00010%
Sunshine Foundation$1,00010%
Northfield Mount Hermon School$90030%
Wayfinder Family Services$90020%
Livengrin Foundation Inc$75010%
Kitty Bungalow Charm School for Wayward Cats$75010%
The Bail Project Inc$70010%
The Mutt Scouts Inc$5001n/a
American Dental Hygienist Association Institute for Oral Health$50010%
Marian Anderson Historical Society$50010%
Mississippi Food Network Inc$50010%
Vassar College$50010%
Oceana Inc$50010%
Hollywood Food Coalition$50010%
Honeybees for Heroes$5001n/a
End Homelessness California$50010%
Equal Justice Initiative$40010%
One Simple Wish Inc$40010%
Khan Academy Inc$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($967k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Norman Raab Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFacing History & Ourselves Inc: $300,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $275,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $275,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia: $250,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCamping Unlimited for the Developmentally Disabled: $234,980 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetIcivics Inc: $195,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $190,070 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Read: $170,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetExtrafood: $165,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budget826 Valencia: $165,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $155,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGiffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $150,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNetwork of Victim Assistance: $147,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetThe Marine Mammal Center: $140,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Cedars of Marin: $135,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMarin Humane Society: $135,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe Gathering Place a Refuge for Rebuilding Lives: $127,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetVivalon: $120,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSeattle Arts and Lectures: $115,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMighty Writers: $110,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSeattle Public Library Foundation: $105,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAim High for High School: $105,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetZeno: $100,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetRefugee Womens Alliance: $95,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAnn Silverman Community Health Clinic: $81,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetFree Library of Philadelphia Foundation: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCentral Bucks Ambulance & Rescue Unit: $70,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetDirect Relief: $64,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWoodland Park Zoological Society: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWellspring Family Services: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDowntown Women's Center: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKqed Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHomeboy Industries: $47,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumanities Washington: $40,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLiteracy Source a Community Learning Center: $40,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetReading Allowed: $40,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWest Philadelphia Alliance for Children: $37,500 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Bucks County: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVoteorg: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity Child Development School: $24,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Orchestra Association: $23,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreyhounds Friends for Life: $22,500 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetSafehouse Denver Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $21,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEarthcorps: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 144.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Foundations Community PartnershipPA34.1× affinity14 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundations Community Partnership · Penn Community Bank Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Medina Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Albert W Bader Foundation Inc · Real Progress Foundation · The Haley Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Greater Good Charities

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Norman Raab Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Norman Raab Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Norman Raab Foundation

How much does Norman Raab Foundation give?
Norman Raab Foundation reported 89 grants totaling $1,135,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 78 and 93 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Norman Raab Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (17%), Arts & Culture (14%), Health (14%).
Who are Norman Raab Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Facing History & Ourselves Inc ($300k), The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($275k), Sandy Hook Promise Foundation ($275k).
Does Norman Raab Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Norman Raab Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Norman Raab Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundations Community Partnership, Penn Community Bank Foundation, Seattle Foundation.
Where is Norman Raab Foundation based?
Norman Raab Foundation is based in WA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 175 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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